In the past, Skitch was my go-to app for creating annotated screenshots. Sadly, Evernote stopped supporting Skitch in 2015. As someone who uses a Mac, PC (Windows), and Chromebook, I’ve been searching for a free (or inexpensive) solution that works on all platforms. And, Explain and Send Screenshots is it! What is Explain and Send…
Category Archives: instructional technology
Lumen 5 – Great tool to recommend to your students for their video projects
I love video projects. I think they are one of the best ways to get students to let loose their creativity and focus on delivering information in a succinct manner. In addition, creating a video forces the students to plan and to spend more time with the material than writing a paper. Lastly, communicating via…
Tech Tip Tuesday – How to Scan Handwritten/drawn Work to a PDF to submit in OAKS
With the College operating online, I know it’s difficult for some discipline whose work isn’t easy to do online, for example Math and Drawing. If the assignment you wish to give is better suited to the student handwriting or hand-drawing something then just have them scan it! This is also a great option for faculty…
Tech Tool: 360º Cameras in Teaching
What is a 360º camera? It’s a video/still camera with two lenses that takes images of what is happening all around the camera. How does a 360º camera work? Most of these cameras have a fisheye lens on each side of the camera and these lenses can capture 180º in all directions (top, bottom, left,…
Improve your, and your students’, reading and writing confidence
Did you know that the College has purchased a site license for Read&Write from TextHelp (thanks Disability Services). Read&Write is a toolbar for your computer or web browser that allows the users to increase their literacy. This toolbar works in any application on your computer, allowing you to: have the computer read digital documents to…